Whats a good weight for an Olympic??

I'm getting a lot done on my Olympic kit since I have off of college for a week for Thanksgiving break. I can only build on weekends except on breaks. Just wondering what is a good weight for the Olmypic to come out at. I have all the wing built and the tail, just about done framing out the fuselage, so I can soon start piecing it together. Its turning out good so far, I will post a picture later on of it. Im putting an Aerotigre 36 in it. Im planning on using this one in classic this year.
Thanks
Ryan

Mine came out at 44 ounces. The model that appeared in Flying Models magazine as a review was 48 ounces. Mine performs quite well but I'd shoot for 42 ounces if I were you.
Great plane and looks really cool in the air too!
Happy building!

Hi Ryan,
Being essentially a Nobler, I would try and hit 40-42 oz. like Will said.
Bill <><

The Olympic is certainly a Nobler under the skin. If your wood is first class and you don't use excess glue, an Olympic can, realisticly, be built as light as 37oz or so. I base that on my 37oz Nobler, that has a very nice finish. Unfortunately, thats much too light for that design.

A better flying weight would be, as Bill says, in the low mid-40s. I would shoot for 42oz RTF.

If you can borrow Windy's "Brodak Nobler" tapes from someone (Available from Brodaks) you can pickup lots of tips that will help.

Remember, if your new ship comes in too light, you can allways spray on more clear and improve both the finish and performance. If it ends up heavy, it'll never get better.

Bob's article on the Olympic Mk. VI is a classic all by itself. It appeared in the 1963 AM Annual. Get it if you can.

Bob stated he flew Olympics that weighed between 34 ounces through 51 ounces. He mentioned that his heavy ones (the 48 ounce and 51 ounce planes) were dogs. Since he was using a Fox 35, I would definitely agree.

His suggestion is 42 - 44 ounces, with a Fox 35 and 58'6" lines.

Ron,

With an AT .36 65' line length seems to be about nominal.

Thanks for all the help on the replies. I'll try to shoot for the low 40's.

Hey Ryan,

Might want to look up Dave Sabon in the directory and give him a shout. He's quite the Olympic affectionado and will probably be able to give you target weights of individual components which might be interesting.

I used to build models in college on my cork bulletin board on the wall. Collected pins from the tags off dry cleaning, saved saran wrap from salads in the chow hall, used razor blades from the scrapers we had to use to clean our showers and forced elmers glue out of the freshmen (believe it or not, elmers glue was issued to freshmen!). I did have to concede and buy my own dope from the local hobby shop though...

Tools

(edit) Oh, I think you've seen my Chipmunk, the one with Snoopy flying. I built half of that one in a hotel room and most of a Flying Clown. I was in the hotel for a month and a half going through MD-88 school. Made me REAL popular with the cleaning staff...not really, I brought my dust buster. The moral of the story is that you ought to take it along. I'd work on my planes during study breaks.

Jim,

I was quoting from Gialdini's article. I don't think the Aero Tiger existed back in 1963.

My own suggestion would be 42-44 ounces, with said AT .36 or a Double Star 40, line length to suit your style.

Is your Staris done yet?